I want to hear the answer to this also. Do you ever put her in an expen or crate while you're in the house? Or does she just follow you around? When I first got my puppy Reese I was literally driving myself crazy because I was letting him dictate my life. Everything was revolving around him, the first weekend I had him I barely even ate lol. So for my own sanity, I realized that I had to leave the house and go do something for myself. Now I'm perfectly fine with putting him in the crate/expen and going to the mall, grocery store, and just doing what I need to do around the house without him running around after me. I had to tell myself that he will be okay even when I'm gone. Most of the time he just sleeps! I make sure that he has plenty of safe toys and maybe 1 or 2 treats. I also take him to doggie day care at least once a week to let him run around with other dogs. Even though I work, when I have a day off I usually take him there just to have some time by myself to relax or get things done around the house lol. You probably will need to start out slow so you won't cause her to have separation anxiety from such a drastic change. There seems to be a lot of other people on here that are home most of the day that can probably give you great advice! |